The next morning, before dawn, he woke up.

Luo Jinping was awakened by his movements, and when he heard the voice, he asked: "It's not dawn yet, what are you doing?" ”

Yang Xiaole was worried that the time was over, so he asked, "What time is Teacher Luo?" ”

Hearing his words, Luo Jinping picked up the flashlight at the bedside and turned it on, and looked at a worn-out stainless steel watch on the bedside.

"Half past four!"

Yang Xiaole smiled a little embarrassedly when he heard this: "Teacher Luo, I'm sorry to wake you up." I have to go, my dad is waiting for me in the town, and I'll go to my aunt's house later. ”

Luo Ping heard that someone was waiting for him, so he nodded, and didn't ask any more.

"Okay, be safe yourself, it's dark outside!"

"It's okay, Mr. Luo, I'm used to it."

Yang Xiaole said with a smile.

It takes more than an hour to walk from the township at home, and I usually have to leave from home before dawn, otherwise I will be late.

This is also because there is no brigade (village-level) primary school, otherwise there would be no need to run so far.

Luo Jinping thought about it too.

He didn't say anything more: "Okay, pay attention to safety, just change your shorts and put them on the rope outside, and I'll wash them again when it's dawn." ”

"Hey, good!"

Yang Xiaole agreed, came outside, and changed into clothes that were almost dry.

I came to the door, said hello, and left.

The doors of the school were closed, but it didn't bother him.

The dirt slope on the side is easy to climb.

Out of school, he ran quickly towards the streets of the town.

It is a street with stores on both sides.

The shops on both sides are basically dilapidated wooden houses with tiled roofs, and each piece of wood can be drawn into the wooden board as the door of the store.

At this time, there are already breakfast shops on both sides of the street preparing breakfast.

The scent wafted out, making him feel hungrier.

After all, I ate a sweet potato and a potato yesterday, which is beyond the usual amount given by my mother.

But he can't afford these things!

It's not food stamps, it's meat stamps.

There are only a few who don't want a ticket.

Listening to Zhang Laohan, there are a lot of people in Sijiu City, and the population is very dense.

There are also many restaurants over there.

Some of them can be bought without a ticket, but the price is slightly higher.

I heard that there are many century-old brands, and at this time, everything you buy is completely free of tickets.

However, the price is several times that of ordinary restaurants, and even in Kyoto, ordinary people are reluctant to eat what is inside.

A plate of fried shredded pork in an ordinary restaurant, a plate of five cents and five cents, and a half-catty meat ticket is charged.

The hotel does not charge tickets, but it costs two or three yuan a plate.

Half a catty of meat is only 3 cents 2, even if the price is basically equivalent to a meat ticket, it is more than 6 cents.

You can buy four or five copies for 3 yuan.

A plate of fried shredded pork is equivalent to three days' wages for an ordinary worker.

Yang Xiaole endured the fragrance and came to the vicinity of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Because the two companies selling meat and fish have to get up early, they are next to the two stalls next to the supply and marketing cooperative.

And the real supply and marketing cooperatives haven't opened their doors yet!

Now only the meat and fish sellers are cleaning up there, and a black pork fan is placed on the meat selling board.

In front of the fish seller were several long wooden basins.

looked at the meat division master with a horizontal face, and the fat fish seller.

is the so-called backing the mountain and eating the mountain, if these two people are not tired of the middle, they will not believe Yang Xiaole if they kill them.

on the current standard of living.

No cat is greasy to eat so fat?

But the other party is in his own post, and there are ways to take advantage of loopholes, as long as you can't catch the other party's pigtails, there is no way to take others.

It wasn't something he could worry about.

Standing at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, I took a look.

The meat seller just glanced at Yang Xiaole, and when he saw that it was a child, he didn't care, who would dare to make a mistake here?

Don't want to live anymore?

Was it really a few years ago?

Yang Xiaole took a look at it and withdrew.

To be honest, he always felt a little unwilling to exchange fish for money.

It's not that I feel that money is useless, but that I can't buy those things that ask for tickets.

But fish is not too rare now, because it doesn't require a ticket, and some people who need it at home, but can't catch a fish, just buy it.

Standing on an empty street.

Yang Xiaole's eyes wandered back and forth between the breakfast shop and the butcher shop, as well as the fish shop.

Especially the early shop.

Earlier, this thing said that there is a standard for the amount of each thing, but there is a difference between flour and finished products after all.

The standard for a pound of noodles is ten steamed buns, if it is made into eleven, how many people can find it?

It's like buying a fish and killing it, you can't get it right.

Compared with those who sell meat and fish, he is more optimistic about this humble breakfast shop.

But he has no way!

After thinking about it for a while, he silently came to the door of the breakfast shop and watched the other party meet there.

There are two breakfast shops.

This is one of them, making steamed buns, fried fritters and the like.

The other is a shop that sells dumplings and the like, and the two have something in common.

The reason why I chose this house is because the other party's son is my classmate.

A middle-aged man with a cigarette without a filter in his mouth.

It doesn't matter if the soot falls into the noodles or not.

Seeing him coming over, he looked up, and asked with a smile while holding his face:

"Little friend! What do you want? It's not good to be early! Only the fritters and oil cakes are a little better. ”

"Uncle Gao, I want to buy some food stamps and meat stamps!"

Yang Xiaole blinked his big eyes and asked with an innocent expression.

When Gao Danian heard this, he didn't make waves at all.

While making noodles, he smiled and said: "Little friend, you don't know, this is a public store, where can I sell these tickets to you!" Besides, even if I had, I wouldn't dare sell it to you! It's scalping. ”

As for the other party being able to call out his surname, Gao Danian didn't care, after all, he was a figure with a head and a face in the township.

It's just that there is a hint of strangeness in the other party's eyes.

was already well disguised by him, and the fact that it was dark made it even more difficult for people to see his thoughts.

Yang Xiaole didn't care about his words.

He came over so openly and said that even if there was no one nearby, it was impossible for the other party to agree.

When he was a child in an orphanage, he knew a truth.

Don't feel like you're smarter than others and take people for fools.

Even if they are people of this age, you can say that they are less knowledgeable, but don't call them stupid!

And it is impossible to get the other party to agree through his words.

It's just whimsical.

He didn't count on it either.

What you have to do now is to make an impression on the other person and make the other person remember you.

There were a few times when I sold fish by myself, and Gao Danian would pay a little attention to himself.

As long as there is one transaction, he is confident that he will open a breakthrough in the entire township street.

Flea market where there is a safe place.

Thinking of this, Yang Xiaole pretended to be disappointed and shook his head, and turned around and left directly.

Looking at the back of him leaving, Gao Danian just glanced at it and didn't care, he met many such people all year round.

If he had to take care of everyone, he would have gone to the battlefield to labor reform a long time ago.

After Yang Xiaole left, he came to a dark corner and quietly released the fishing net, and at the same time put eight big fish weighing two or three catties in it.

There were still several big fish and the big carp weighing six or seven catties that he hadn't taken out, and he was going to take them back to his own house to eat.

There is also a need to see if Gao Danian will take the bait.

"Bang Bang!"

The fish had just been put into the net, and suddenly it was crackling and jumping.

More than 20 catties of fish is quite heavy.

Yang Xiaole struggled to carry the fishing net and walked towards the place where the fish was sold, and the middle fishing net still touched the ground from time to time.

Almost half-dragged walking.

Gao Danian was making noodles, and when he heard the movement of the fish, he glanced at it, and saw that it was the little guy just now who was carrying the fishing net, and he was even more surprised.

But he didn't say anything, just watched quietly.

It's just that the movement of the dough in the hand is much slower than before.

When Yang Xiaole passed by the breakfast shop, he smiled at Gao Danian.

Seeing this, the other party smiled and nodded, but still did not speak.

Yang Xiaole knew that he couldn't be in a hurry, so he smiled and dragged the fish to the place where the fish was sold.

The man who sold the fish, wearing rubber boots and an apron, was picking and picking out some dead fish.

Attached to the barrel is a pump that delivers oxygen to the fish.

The whole township is just this one, and it is still approved from above.

The other party looked at him and was surprised, "Oh, little friend, where are the adults in your family!" Why didn't you come and let you come alone? ”

"Uncle, my father went to the county seat to see my aunt and asked me to send the fish caught at home."

Yang Xiaole started to talk nonsense.

Hearing his words, the other party walked around the large wooden basin.

"Don't move, give it to me, it's worthless if you drag it to death."

Anyway, it was his task to collect the fish, and he didn't care who sent it!

And there is no requirement for registration.

Yang Xiaole didn't bother to move when he heard this, it was very difficult to get this fishing net to prevent his body from getting dirty.

The other party took the fish and pulled it a few times with his hand by the dim light.

Then he stood up and said with a smile: "Yes, the momentum is quite strong, are you sure you want to sell it?" If you sell it, I'll weigh you. ”

"Sell!"

Receiving a reply, the man nodded.

Lift the fish with one hand and pour it into a bamboo basket, then place it on a dirty scale.

After fiddling a few times, he raised his head and said, "A total of 21 catties and 4 taels." ”

Yang Xiaole felt similar when he heard this.

Then he nodded: "Okay, it's all sold." ”

"One dime, three pounds, I'll do the math!"

The man closed his eyes, and then said: "A total of 2 pieces, 7 cents, 8 cents and 2 cents, I can only give you the whole one." 2 cents didn't have to be found. ”

Yang Xiaole also calculated, and it was a penny more than what he inquired about before, and nodded: "Okay, give the money!" ”

The man poured the fish into the long wooden basin and wiped his hands.

After returning to his back, he took out an iron box, took out 2 pieces of one dollar and a few gross tickets from it and handed them to him.

"Count them, and don't say it's wrong for a while."

Yang Xiaole took it with a happy face and began to count.

This was the first huge sum of money he had ever acquired.

The tuition fee is half food and half money for the school, and I have never received so much money.

"The number is right. Thank you, uncle, I'll go first! ”

Yang Xiaole took the money and said hello to the other party and left.

The man waited for him to leave, then pulled out a cigarette without a filter and lit it.

It wasn't until Yang Xiaole disappeared at the gate that the man smiled, quietly took out 1 cent and 3 cents from the iron box, and stuffed it into his pocket.